Deuteronomy 19:16

World English Bible (2000)

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Exod 23:1-7 : 1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. 2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; 3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause. 4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it. 6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death." 11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Mark 14:55-59 : 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. 56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other. 57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying, 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'" 59 Even so, their testimony did not agree.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:15
    86%

    15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

  • Deut 19:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

    18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

    19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

  • Prov 14:5
    78%

    5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

  • Prov 19:5
    78%

    5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

  • Prov 12:17
    77%

    17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

  • Deut 17:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

    7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Ps 35:11
    77%

    11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

  • Mark 14:56-57
    2 verses
    76%

    56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.

    57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

  • Exod 20:16
    76%

    16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 19:9
    76%

    9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

  • Matt 18:16
    75%

    16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    75%

    19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 6:19
    75%

    19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Prov 14:25
    74%

    25 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Matt 26:59-60
    2 verses
    73%

    59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

    60 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

  • Prov 21:28
    73%

    28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

  • Num 35:30
    72%

    30 "'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 24:28
    71%

    28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 6:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

    3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    70%

    15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Acts 6:13
    70%

    13 and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

  • Ps 27:12
    69%

    12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    69%

    31 "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    69%

    22 "If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

  • John 5:31
    69%

    31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

  • 1 John 5:9
    69%

    9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

  • John 8:17
    69%

    17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

  • Deut 16:19
    69%

    19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 5:1
    69%

    1 "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

    6 Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Prov 18:5
    68%

    5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Isa 29:21
    68%

    21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

  • Job 17:8
    68%

    8 Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • Deut 17:2
    68%

    2 If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

  • Luke 21:13
    68%

    13 It will turn out as a testimony for you.

  • Exod 22:13
    68%

    13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.